Viscera and head inspection table



A. 0. LUNDELL.

VISCERA AND HEAD INSPECTION TABLE.

FILED MAY 20, 1922.

.Feb. 20,1923.

li atented 2h,

iiii iisriiirii ALVINO. LTJNDELL, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, nssrenoii To one etiannienr ivnrr. 00.,

or onicaeo, ILLINOIS, a CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

VISGERA 'AND HEAD INSPECTION TABLE.

ilpplieation filed Ma 20, 1922. Serial at. 562,560. x

Y "(i-(1Z6 inborn/it may concern: Be it known that l, ALVIN U. liuirhcnn, a citizen oi the United Elita'esy and a resident of the city of Chicago in the county. Oil? Cool: and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Viscera and Head Inspection Table; and I do hereby declare that the following; is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had'ito the accompanying drawings. and to theinin'ierals of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification".

In the inspection ofcarcasses has been found desirable to not only inspect the viscera but also the heads to ascertain whether or not the carcasses are diseased. For this purpose an improved type oi an endless inspection table hasbejen provided with. separated visceracompartments each of which has associatedtherewith head. carrying receptacle to permit the head and the viscera removed from a carcass to be associated with each other and carried alongfor inspection opposite the carcassiroin which they have been 'reinoved. i

lit is an object of this invention to provide an improved device whereby the viscera and the head of a carcass after beingreinoved are adapted to be carried along for inspection. a Y

A further object of the invention is to provide each oft-he compartmentsotta movable inspection table with receptacles adapted to hold the removed heads of carcasses to permit inspection of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide each of the compartments of a movable inspection table with a holder for carrying the removed head of a carcassalong with a viscera removed from the same carcass. f a

It is an important objectof this inven tion to provide a simple and effective movable endless inspection table wherein the head and the viscera of the samefcarcass are carried along simultaneously past an i11spectorto permit him to examine both the head and. the viscera,v as they are carried along opposite the carcass from which they have been removed.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the drawings and specification. i i

The invention (in a preferred form) illustrated in the drawings and hereinafter inoreiully described. i i

(in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan viewof an inspecinvention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation thereof.

tion tableembodying the principles of this Figure 3 is an enlarged detail section taken on line 3+3 of Figure 1.

Figured- 18 an enlarged cross section of one of the head receptacles showing a head seated therein. a

Figure 5 is a top plan view of a fragmentary portion of the conveyor.

As shown on the drawings:

The inspection table comprises a supporting? frame 1 having transverse sh afts 2 journalled in suitable bearings near the ends of sa d frame. Keyed or otherwlse secured on one prqcctmg end of one of the shafts 2 is a sprocketwheel 3 adapted to be driven is mounted on a stub shaft 8 supported on the frame 1 in a positionto permit the sprocket pinion 7 to tenslon the chain 4%.

Secured on each of the shafts 2 are sprocket. wheels 9 around which conveyor chains 10 are trained. Thechains 10 are provided with rollers 1.1 which are adapted to run on guide tracksor rails12 secured longitudinally on the supporting frame 1. Attached transversely oi the chains 10 are a plurality of flat flights, slats or cleats 13 provided at both ends with integral out wardly turned flanges 14. The slats 13 form a movable endless inspection. table having compartments formed thereon by means of ilnnges'whichare rigidly secured to or integrally formed on certain oi. said slats 18 to form transverse partitions orplates 15. Parallel guide rails or tracks 16 are mounted on the .iframe uprights. 'llosupport the lower run of theendless inspection tabla certaiu ot the slats l3 and 18 have mounted at the endsof theinner surfaces thereof guide rollers 17 which are adapted totrack on the" rails 16. a

The inspection table is divided into compartments each adapted to receive an in lllll) Cir dividual viscera". Formed in one corner of each table compartment is a holder or re-- ceptacle 19 adapted to receive and hold the removed head of a carcass. Each holder i0 is provided with a bottom opening 20 to permit the shoot of a removed carcass head 21 to project therethrough as illustrated in Figure 4:. The viscera from the same carcass is deposited in the respective compartment of which the head holder forms a part.

The operation is as follows:

The inspection device embraces the endless conveyor or table which is divided into compartments each adapted to receive an in dividual carcass viscera removed by an eviscerator from a carcass carried along by an overhead conveyor (not shown). The evisceratedviscera is deposited in one of the table compartments opposite the moving carcase from which it has been removed. The eviscerator or other employee also removes the head from the respective car ass and deposits said head in the holder or receptacle 19 mounted in the corner of the compartment carrying the viscera of said carcass.

The viscera and head of. a moving carcass are carried alongopposite or adjacent the carcass from which they have been removed. The associated viscera and head of a particular carcass are thus carried past an inspector who stands beside the traveling table and inspects not only the viscera but the head as well. If both the viscera and the head areiree from disease or other objections,- they are passed on to he discharged. It, however, a viscera is found to be diseased. it tagged as is also the respective head and the carcass. Should the viscera be free "from disease, the corresponding head, carried in the compartment head holder 19, is inspected to ascertain whether or not there are any signs of disease in the head. If the head diseased. it is tagged as are also the respective viscera and the carcass. It willv thus be seen that both the viscera and head ot a particular carcass are thoroughly inspected before the carcass is permitted to pass as fit for use.

lt will of course be understood that the head holders 19 may be of any desired shape or construction and may be mounted in any convenient place in a compartment other than the location shown and described.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my en-non: '1. The combinatlon with a movable viscera, inspecting table, of means thereon for d' iding the tal'Jle into compartments, and

head holders on said table in said compartments.

2. in inspection device comprising an cndlcss table means fordriving the same, memhers on said table For dividing the tahlc. into compartments for receiving viscera, and a receptacle "for each o't said compartments for receiving the removed head of the same carcass from which the viscera in the respective compartment has been removed.

The combination with a viscera inspcc tion table oi carcass head holders secured. thereon to permit the visccra and thc hcad removed from a particular carcass to l c :n=- sociated with eachother tor inspection.

4-. An inspection device comprising endchains, means for driving the samc, a plurality ot flanged slats sccurcd to said chains to term a table, plates secured to certain' of said slats to divide the table into viscera receiving compartments. and a carcass head receptacle secured to certain of the slats of each compartment.

5. An inspection device comprising a movable endless table embracing a plurality of transverse slats flanged outwardly at both ends, flanges on certain of said slats to divide the table into viscera compartments, and a head holder secured in each of said compartments and opening through the tuhle to permit the snoot of a removed carcass head to proiect therethrough.

6. An inspection device comprising a movable endless table embracing a plurality ot transverse flights flanged outwardly at both ends. certain of said flights having an opening therein. a partition secured to each of the flights having an opening therein, said partitions dividil'ig the table into compartments. and a head holdc around the opening in each of the flights having an opcning therein. a

7. An inspection device of the class dcscrihed comprising a movable endless table having openings therein, means tor dividing the table into separated compartments so that each compartmcnt will include one of the openings. and a holder in each compartment around the opening therein.

8. The combination with an inspection table divided into viscera receiving compartments. ot a head holder in each of said compartments.

9. An inspection table having two sets ot ompartments. one set (llril')t)f.-'ttl within the other. whereby the viscera and heads of car- :s may he lESOtIltli'tt'l with one another. in testimony whereof l ha e hereunto snhscribed my name in the presence of two suhscriliing witnesses.

ALVIN t). LUNDELL.

llitnesses:

CARLTON HILL. Fnnn E. PAEsLnn.

Hill 

